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Amid a political slugfest over the Rafale deal, Air Force deputy chief Raghunath Nambiar on Tuesday said the people were being 'misinformed' on the issue and that the current pact was 'much better' than what was negotiated earlier.Nambiar, who test flew the Rafale jet in France last week, said...
23:17
The Army on Tuesday paid floral tributes to Lance Naik Sandeep Singh, who was killed during a counter-infiltration operation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.His mortal remains were flown to his native place in Gurdaspur district where the last rites were...
22:39
Nine associates of slain forest brigand Veerappan were acquitted by a court here in a case related to the abduction of Kannada superstar late Rajkumar 18 years ago, holding that the prosecution has not proved the charges against them.Gobichettipalayam Additional Sessions Judge K Mani also said...
22:18
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari saying being an MP does not give him the liberty to take law into own hands and offered to make him a 'sealing officer' over his claim there are 1,000 illegal structures in the capital which deserve to be...
21:43
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday lauded India's efforts to lift millions of its citizens out of poverty as he addressed world leaders at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.There is India, a free society (of) over a billion people, successfully lifting countless...
21:39
Government of India accounts.
21:38
Markets- top gainers.
21:38
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deprecated the 'regrettable' trend of the State opposing public interest litigations (PILs) by 'chanting the mantra' of judicial activism or separation of powers between the executive, legislature and judiciary.A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur said PIL was one...
20:49
Rupee vs dollar this week.
20:22
India's armed forces are a splendid embodiment of the country's 'secular project' and it is vitally important that they remain uncontaminated from any sectarian appeal, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.He also said that the judiciary, as an institution, should not lose sight...
19:34
Sri Lanka said on Tuesday it is ready to welcome outgoing Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen, days after his surprise defeat in the election.Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has spoken on the phone to Yameen, the premier's office said in a statement.Yameen lost Saturday's presidential election...
19:16
The process of filing claims and objections to the draft citizens' register in Assam began on Tuesday to decide the fate of 40 lakh people whose names were left out of it.The draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) was published on July 30 and included the names of 2.9 crore people out of the...
18:48
The Central Bureau of Investigation has asked the Interpol wing of Nigeria to confirm if absconding promoter of Gujarat-based Sterling Biotech, Nitin Sandesara, being probed in a Rs 5,300 crore banking fraud case, has moved in that country, officials said on Tuesday.The move came after reports...
18:04
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said more facts on the Rafale fighter deal and the Vijay Mallya row will be out soon as he used his home turf Amethi on Tuesday to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi.This is the beginning, he told reporters on the last day of the two-day trip to his Lok Sabha...
17:42
A six-year-old student of standard one died and six others were injured in Bettiah town Tuesday when chunks of ceiling plaster of their school fell on them in Bihar's West Champaran district.The plaster fell on the students when classes were on at the private school in Bettiah town area,...
17:31
Sprinter Hima Das receives Arjuna Award from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. -- ANI
17:19
Golden Globe Race skipper and Indian Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy is stable. Further medical examination is underway. He has had food and is on medication, reports ANI.The Kirti Chakra awardee was rescued from his destroyed yacht Thuriya in a remote part of the Indian Ocean at 12.30 pm yesterday....
17:16
The Congress party on Tuesday rebutted the BJP's allegations that Robert Vadra's company was keen on getting a share in the offset of the Rafale deal.Randeep Surjewala, the spokesperson of the Congress party, said, When was this (Rafale jet deal) tender opened? That is why I am saying that to...
17:10
The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the constitutional validity of Aadhaar at 10:30 am tomorrow. In other words, the court will decide if the Aadhaar card is mandatory. It may be recalled that earlier in March this year, in an interim order, the apex court had said that the mandatory...
16:17
Former Union Minister Jaswant Singh's son and Sheo MLA Manvendra Singh is the latest among the disgruntled leaders who might dent the BJP's hold among key communities ahead of the Assembly elections, party workers say. Manvendra Singh, who announced Saturday he is quitting the party, is said...
16:05
Sensex bounces back 347.04 points to close at 36,652.06; Nifty gains 100.05 points to end at 11,067.45 on bouts of bargain hunting and value buying in recently hammered stocks in healthcare, consumer durables, IT, teck, auto, banks, metal and FMCG sectors, amid higher Asian cues. Rising crude...
15:47
The Congress is indulging in mud-slinging against the government because it finds it easier than debating on issues like development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, in an apparent reference to allegations on the Rafale fighter deal. Addressing a rally in Bhopal, he mocked...
15:28
Instead of taking Opposition leaders into confidence or appointing a joint parliamentary committee, the government has chosen silence and bluster. Read Manini Chatterjee's column here
15:19
The Army Tuesday paid floral tributes to Lance Naik Sandeep Singh, who was killed during a counter-infiltration operation along the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. Singh (30) sustained bullet injuries during the operation in Tangdhar sector in which five militants...
15:12
Activist and JNU student, whose tweets are generally on politics and such like, posts an unusually personal and brave thread on Twitter on September 22, highlighting the hormonal imbalance challenges that so many women face, but are rarely vocal about. Hearteningly, almost all the feedback she...
14:58
Eighteen years after late Kannada superstar Rajkumar was kidnapped by forest brigand Veerappan, his nine associates involved in the abduction were acquitted by a court near Erode in Tamil Nadu, today. Third Additional Sessions Judge, Gobichettipalayam, Mani acquitted the nine accused,...
14:36
The Merriam-Webster's Official Scrabble Players Dictionary is playing catch up by adding some of the new-age internet-influenced words to please the millennials.A total of 300 new words have been added to the dictionary including words which the seniors won't consider as words but thanks to...
14:23
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has created history by bringing her three-month-old daughter in the United Nations assembly hall.Ardern, who also became one of the few world leaders to give birth while in office, brought her daughter Neve to the hall and was...
13:45
An incredible multi-nation search operation rescued Indian Navy Officer Abhilash Tomy three days after a storm broke his boat, and seriously injured his back in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. Archana Masih discovers how the sailor lost at sea was brought home. Do read
13:43
Attacking its ally for retaining an ailing Manohar Parrikar as Goa chief minister, the Shiv Sena Tuesday criticised the cruel and inhuman politics of the BJP and alleged the party was scared about losing the state. There is anarchy prevailing in the coastal state in Parrikar's absence, the Sena...
12:53
The two co-founders of Facebook Inc.'s popular Instagram app are stepping down, a move marking continued tumult at the social-networking giant. The co-founders -- Kevin Systrom, Instagram's chief executive, and Mike Krieger, chief technology...
12:49
Adding to the controversy surrounding the Rafale deal, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that the fun has just begun and in the coming months his party will expose how every initiative under the Narendra Modi government is theft.Continuing his tirade against the government over the...
12:29
The BSE Sensex was trading higher by 107 points in late morning deals Tuesday on bouts of bargain hunting and value buying in recently hammered stocks in healthcare, consumer durables, IT, teck, auto, banks, metal and FMCG sectors, amid higher Asian cues. Rising crude and global trade tensions...
12:24
Five weeks into a five-year term, but this past week could prove to be the most consequential of them all. Three big things and all spelling some kind of danger for the PTI. It's not been a good week for Imran Khan. Read the report here.
12:19
In a report published earlier in September by LinkedIn Talent Solutions, titled Emerging Jobs: Singapore, the talent that moved from India feature prominently in 4 of the top 5 fastest growing jobs in the country.Singapore is a densely populated city-island of about 600 square kilometres or...
12:11
The Telangana Prisons department, known for its many social initiatives, has hit upon the idea of segregating rapists lodged in jails across the state and providing special counselling to reform them. Noting that very heinous cases of rape were reported of late, Director General (Prisons and...
11:12
The Supreme Court hearing a batch of petitions, seeking disqualification of lawmakers even before their conviction in criminal cases, leaves the decision to Parliament to form a law. The court said it is not in their purview to do so and asks legislature to consider framing a law to ensure...
10:47
In the first elections, Hindutva forces got only 6% of the votes and won only 10 seats. It was a great defeat for them. They have held that grouse against Nehru since then. Professor Aditya Mukherjee at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University,...
10:42
The Supreme Court constitutes a three-member committee to look into the aspect of jail reforms across the country and suggest measures to deal with them. The SC says the committee will be chaired by the former apex court judge Justice (Retd) Amitava Roy.
10:38
At the UN General Debate which begins Tuesday, India's External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has bilateral meetings planned with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Eshaiqer Al-Jafari, Moldova's Foreign Minister Tudor Ulianovschi, Cyprus Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, Fijian Foreign...
10:01
Benchmark indices turned volatile after opening higher Tuesday on foreign fund outflows, surging global crude oil prices, weak rupee and negative global cues. The 30-share index fell 124.63 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 36,180.39, after touching a high of 36,454.03 at the outset. The gauge has...
09:59
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to hold a meeting with public sector banks today. Officials from the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Bank Board Bureau, Ministry of MSME, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to also...
09:46
The values of forgiveness, compassion and inclusivity embraced by late South African President Nelson Mandela are even more relevant today in the world which is beset with conflicts, terror and hateful ideologies, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said at the United Nations. Recalling...
09:37
Fuel prices in many parts of the country have hit new heights on Tuesday morning, providing no respite to consumers.In New Delhi, the petrol price has surged yet again and is retailed at Rs 82.86 per litre, while diesel is being sold at Rs 74.12 per litre.Meanwhile, a litre of petrol has...
09:35
Continuing its slide, the rupee weakened by 33 paise to 72.96 against the US dollar Tuesday, hurt by increased demand for the American currency from importers as global crude oil prices hit four-year high. The international benchmark Brent crude breached the USD 81 a barrel mark by surging over 3...
09:24
Nepal's living goddess, Trishna Shakya, made her first public appearance after being anointed in September last year. She made a public appearance on Monday on the occasion of Indrajatra - the traditional festival observed to worship Devraj Indra, the God of rains and good harvest.Shakya was...
09:10
The Bharatiya Janata Party claimed that the Congress party scrapped the Rafale deal with France as United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's company was not accepted as a 'middleman'.Union Minister and BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that in...
08:34
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict today on a batch of pleas raising a question whether lawmakers facing criminal trial can be disqualified from contesting elections at the stage of framing of charges against them. Presently, lawmakers are barred under the...
07:56
I love India, give my regards to my friend PM (Narendra) Modi, US President Donald Trump told External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as they exchanged pleasantries during a high-level event on counter-narcotics on the sidelines of the UNGA on Monday.As Trump left the podium at the conclusion of...
00:05
BJP's Tamil Nadu unit president Tamilisai Soundararjan Monday said she has 'nominated' Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Nobel Peace Prize for launching the world's largest health scheme. Her husband, Professor Dr P Soundarajan, Head of Department and Senior Consultant in...
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